Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton, PC (3 August 1906 – 4 February 1984)LEE OF NEWTON, Baron
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Early life

Born in

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to Joseph and Margaret Lee, he was educated at Langworthy Road School of Engineering. He was Chairman of the Works Committee at

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, and of the National Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union from 1944 to 1945.

Political career

Formerly a Member of

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, at the 1945 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Hulme. When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was elected for the Newton constituency in

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, and sat for that constituency until retiring from

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at the February 1974 general election. In

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, on the death of

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, he stood as a left-wing candidate for Labour's Deputy Leadership against

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and

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. After Callaghan had been eliminated, Lee was defeated by Brown by 146 votes to 83. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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from 1948, and held Ministerial office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service from 1950 to 1951, Minister of Power from 1964 to 1966, the last

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in 1966, and

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from 1967 to 1969. He was appointed a

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in 1964.

Later life

On his retirement in 1974 was created a

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on 1 July 1974 as Baron Lee of Newton, of Newton in the County of

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